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joinin me for a special intervi oracle cofounder and ceo and the third richest american larry elliston will be our special guest. keep it here where wall street meets main street. have a great week, everybody. i will see you next weekend. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference.
joinin me for a special intervi oracle cofounder and ceo and the third richest american larry elliston will be our special guest. keep it here where wall street meets main street. have a great week, everybody. i will see you next weekend. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8...
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next week, a special interview, oracle co-founder, ceo and third richest american, larry ellison will be our special guest. each week keep it here where wall street meets main street. have a great week, everybody. i'll see you again next week. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services.
next week, a special interview, oracle co-founder, ceo and third richest american, larry ellison will be our special guest. each week keep it here where wall street meets main street. have a great week, everybody. i'll see you again next week. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional...
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join me for a special interview oracle cofounder and ceo and the third richest american larry elliston will be our special guest. keep it here where wall street meets main street. have a great week, everybody. i will see you next weekend.
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join me for a special interview oracle cofounder and ceo and the third richest american larry elliston will be our special guest. keep it here where wall street meets main street. have a great week, everybody. i will see you next weekend. been shopping so smart, cash back with your freedom card getting cash back on what? close shave and haircut fan for the ceiling. you're gonna cool off that hoooounddd! tonight you gotta get your cash back, on new slacks. use freedom on lunch with jack. everybody get! everybody get! get your cash back. chase freedom. in deep red apples and in each golden bead. it blends into a perfect crunch you'll savor, giving us the most perfect lesson in flavor. nature valley, nature at its most delicious. crispy granola, layered with creamy peanut butter or rich dark chocolate flavor. 90 calories. 100% natural. and nature...approves. granola thins. from nature valley. nature at its most delicious.
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you could nibble at some oracle. >> but you're only nibbling. >> i would buy more aggressively apple here. this is what happens every time apple comes out with a new product. there's overdemand. there was a riot last week. everybody is down on the maps with apple. apple -- >> you think that's all noise? >> the lines -- go up town and look at the lines for this new apple iphone 5. we're still believers in apple. i think you could take some -- you start to spoon some technology stocks on to your plate here. >> what about financials, steve? i mean, s&p capital iq is expecting financials to see a real bounce back in the fourth quarter. very strong. almost 6% earnings growth. they're saying lbo activity was stronger. you're talking about mortgage-backed securities. that's going to be stronger. would you buy the financials or have we seen the move in that group? >> you know, we've had a great run in the big banks. we've owned them. we're sticking with them. where the real opportunity now is, you know, you got cap one financial, a cheat stock, good business model. big numbers and the stock
you could nibble at some oracle. >> but you're only nibbling. >> i would buy more aggressively apple here. this is what happens every time apple comes out with a new product. there's overdemand. there was a riot last week. everybody is down on the maps with apple. apple -- >> you think that's all noise? >> the lines -- go up town and look at the lines for this new apple iphone 5. we're still believers in apple. i think you could take some -- you start to spoon some...
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. >>> speaking to maria bartiromo, oracle says customers are starting to spend more of their i.t. budget. >> there isn't a customer we don't have who is on an austerity plan and innovation agenda at the same time. people are trying to save money at the same time to free them up to be able to invest. >> don't forget tune into u.s. closing bell later today as maria sits down with larry ellison for an exclusive interview at 4:00 p.m. eastern. we'll take a short break. still to come on this morning's "worldwide exchange," we'll be in madrid, the latest unemployment data put further pressure on the spanish government to ask for a bailout. today from around the world. the bailout rumor mill working overtime for spain. the country sees unemployment rise again in september. banks a wait an eu report which is expected to recommend splitting retail and investment banking. and jpmorgan is hit by a lawsuit over bear stearns mortgage securities. the bank says it will contest the charges. spain saw more jobs lost in september as the crisis and austerity measures continue to weigh on the labor m
. >>> speaking to maria bartiromo, oracle says customers are starting to spend more of their i.t. budget. >> there isn't a customer we don't have who is on an austerity plan and innovation agenda at the same time. people are trying to save money at the same time to free them up to be able to invest. >> don't forget tune into u.s. closing bell later today as maria sits down with larry ellison for an exclusive interview at 4:00 p.m. eastern. we'll take a short break. still to...
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>> i think oracle, my top priority is my family and my second priority would be my job at oracle. all the other stuff whether it is a museum or architecture or flying airplanes or racing sail boats is a hobby. it is my pursuit of alternative stress. so i love to compete in business and all of my hobbies i am competitive, well-. >> thanks for spending the time with us. we appreciate it. the ceo of oracle. i will see you back in new york tomorrow. have a good night. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. syou know, i've helped a lot off people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) what a strange place.
>> i think oracle, my top priority is my family and my second priority would be my job at oracle. all the other stuff whether it is a museum or architecture or flying airplanes or racing sail boats is a hobby. it is my pursuit of alternative stress. so i love to compete in business and all of my hobbies i am competitive, well-. >> thanks for spending the time with us. we appreciate it. the ceo of oracle. i will see you back in new york tomorrow. have a good night. if we want to...
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this is the oracle open world event in san francisco. now, oracle ceo larry ellison will be introducing the database designed for cloud computing. you can see the roads are blocked off and the security guards are there. what's going to happen is the first new version of this in five years. oracle will be showing off and introducing some of the high end servers as well. the systems are designed to handle corporate data more officially. that's later in san francisco. >>> you may want to leave the house a couple minutes earlier than usual to get a free coffee on your way to work. 7-11 is giving away a large coffee or latte between the hours of 6:00 and 10:00 a.m. they call this cof-free day. several other food chain across america, including krispy kreme are offering free coffee. to pam, sal, steve. >> i may be able to make it in there before 10:00 a.m. rush over to 7-11. >> that's right. you can always use an extra cup of joe -- well, i could. >> yeah. >>> traffic is moving along pretty well. there's a crash northbound 880 at the alameda.
this is the oracle open world event in san francisco. now, oracle ceo larry ellison will be introducing the database designed for cloud computing. you can see the roads are blocked off and the security guards are there. what's going to happen is the first new version of this in five years. oracle will be showing off and introducing some of the high end servers as well. the systems are designed to handle corporate data more officially. that's later in san francisco. >>> you may want to...
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the oracle conference will run through thursday. >>> time now 6:26, sal, what do you see out there? >> it is getting more crowded and if you are drive around the -- driving around the bay area, it is not a huge crowd. we'll see some slowed traffic, 680 getting out from pleasanton heading south, it doesn't look too bad. quick weather with steve. >>> very quick, no breeze yet, it will be warm to hot. 70s to near 100 degrees, we will talk about that coming up in about seven minutes. >>> a somber day in albany, how teachers and students will be remembering a one time popular educator and coach. >>> a two alarm house fire in vallejo -- excuse me, three- alarm fire in vallejo, we will tell you why they say they were able to get out unharmed. >>> plus the opening bell is about to ring on wall street, pam will have your early stock numbers. ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. and endless salad bar for $11.99
the oracle conference will run through thursday. >>> time now 6:26, sal, what do you see out there? >> it is getting more crowded and if you are drive around the -- driving around the bay area, it is not a huge crowd. we'll see some slowed traffic, 680 getting out from pleasanton heading south, it doesn't look too bad. quick weather with steve. >>> very quick, no breeze yet, it will be warm to hot. 70s to near 100 degrees, we will talk about that coming up in about seven...
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the oracle ceo says the software maker's growth will be driven by its lineup of cloud products. they haven't planning any near acquisitions in the near term. >> oracle is the only company in the world that innovates all three layers or develops, engineers and invests at all three layers of the cloud. we think it's very difficult for a niche provider. >> that's interesting, because it almost feels for a large company to go down the path of transformational acquisition, they put the company at enormous risk. doesn't it mean it leaves private equity with more room to pick and choose the assets they want? >> yes. i think one of the most interesting things about this post-wait period has been the lack of strategic transactions from large corporates. not least because they're sitting on very large cash piles. however, if you look at the uncertainty in gdp growth around europe, in particular, it's not surprising a chief executive is not going to risk transformational acquisition, transformational deal in this kind of environment. once we can see our way through eurozone crisis, then we
the oracle ceo says the software maker's growth will be driven by its lineup of cloud products. they haven't planning any near acquisitions in the near term. >> oracle is the only company in the world that innovates all three layers or develops, engineers and invests at all three layers of the cloud. we think it's very difficult for a niche provider. >> that's interesting, because it almost feels for a large company to go down the path of transformational acquisition, they put the...
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oracle's application growth was nil. and there frankly is not -- the growth tends to be acquisition growth. and people love it. they don't look through the numbers. one of the frustrating things for the purists is there wasn't a lot of growth in oracle and the stock didn't get hit. this is a remarkable time, guys. here you don't have the classic what you want to see from tech, which is good revenue growth and no one seems to mind. >> i think in certain companies, investors are willing to look past. that's oracle, that's amazon, a number of them. and they're very much connected to the people running those economies. 234 particular, mr. ellison, mr. bezos. they're not going to react, not going to run and hide from one quarter that may not be exactly what you're looking for. it wasn't a bad quarter. >> no. a lot of people are asking, why does google keep going up? i say, it's not up a lot. second, they are mobile. so everything that you read about that's bad for mobile is perfect for google because it's search oriented. the
oracle's application growth was nil. and there frankly is not -- the growth tends to be acquisition growth. and people love it. they don't look through the numbers. one of the frustrating things for the purists is there wasn't a lot of growth in oracle and the stock didn't get hit. this is a remarkable time, guys. here you don't have the classic what you want to see from tech, which is good revenue growth and no one seems to mind. >> i think in certain companies, investors are willing to...
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larry ellison who has led oracle has inspired confidence and leadership. this is what oracle ceo told me yesterday about leadership citing apple with steve jobs and hp. >> i have great respect for that company and tim cook. i will say it again. steve is irreplaceable. we have all lost something. he was our edison. he was our picasso. there is no one like him. apple will thrive but not like when steve was around. look what mark did when he was at hp. people forget how much trouble hp was in when he took over and what a spectacular job he did. it is like looking at the apple results. hp without mark herd. >> it is truly amazing with the person in the proith position might do but it is sad what the damage one person in the wrong position and charge. we are seeing bad leadership in too many posts. >>> we have a lot of economic data out tomorrow. dow industrials at 12 points. nasdaq composite at 3,135 and the s&p 500 up 5.24.
larry ellison who has led oracle has inspired confidence and leadership. this is what oracle ceo told me yesterday about leadership citing apple with steve jobs and hp. >> i have great respect for that company and tim cook. i will say it again. steve is irreplaceable. we have all lost something. he was our edison. he was our picasso. there is no one like him. apple will thrive but not like when steve was around. look what mark did when he was at hp. people forget how much trouble hp was...
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that is the one that they went to court with oracle on. and printing, frankly, anybody that gets tablets, printing going goes down anywhere near 25% to 75%. so it's a crazily bad number for anybody on that front, as well. >> your price target is only $14. it sounds like you would short this company. are you prohibited from recommending that or do you think it's -- >> we're not. we think it is a short. frankly, we think this price is too high and we would want people to sell or short the stock here. >> peter, why do you think this company is not focusing more on software and services like ibm did many years ago and they've been very successful at it? why do you think they're going to know go after smartphones and tablets where they're going to be definitely a distant third or fourth or fifth, tenth higher or whatever it is? >> i think it's very difficult to do that and i think the management, the culture is on hardware as their last customer conference they had in june. they specifically said, we are a hardware company. and frankly, that's
that is the one that they went to court with oracle on. and printing, frankly, anybody that gets tablets, printing going goes down anywhere near 25% to 75%. so it's a crazily bad number for anybody on that front, as well. >> your price target is only $14. it sounds like you would short this company. are you prohibited from recommending that or do you think it's -- >> we're not. we think it is a short. frankly, we think this price is too high and we would want people to sell or short...
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the agreement would be announced today at the oracle world conference. i've never known that maps would be so important in everybody's lives. such big important -- >> huge. >> saw something over the weekend about -- >> ever a day when apple gets maps? >> apple has a lot of money. if they just start pouring all money they have into making this better, they've gotten the message. >> i talked to engineers on bring that said it is impossible, it might take you three years to get the information to be correct. it's actually the data. >> and google has truck has go up and down -- carl had written that one drove by his, the google truck that has the camera going around. >> you can't just write an al go rhythm that finds every single side street. it's a lot of roads. >> use everybody who has an iphone to replicate what google has done by having people literally use their iphone to actually take pictures of buildings. >> to help? >> yes, to help to try to recreate crowd sourcing operation. >> i'm not helping. that could be a tux tie. >> it's a woolly tie. i'm not
the agreement would be announced today at the oracle world conference. i've never known that maps would be so important in everybody's lives. such big important -- >> huge. >> saw something over the weekend about -- >> ever a day when apple gets maps? >> apple has a lot of money. if they just start pouring all money they have into making this better, they've gotten the message. >> i talked to engineers on bring that said it is impossible, it might take you three...
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. >>> today's day three of oracle's world conference. now, ceo, larry ellison, will be delivering the keynote speech about cloud computing and social media. this runs through thursday. >>> they will be outside. more hot weather a's. it may even be -- ahead. it may even be hotter today. up next, steve paulson will have the forecast for your area. >>> and it's pretty slow in the south bay right now. i will give you an update on that commute. ♪ [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. so when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. that's why yoplait light and yoplait original are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. and why we use only natural colors and natural flavors in yoplait original. so, anything else we can do for you, let us know. but you'll keep it to yogurt, right? 'cause we shouldn't really help with your love life. yoplait. it is so good! >>> sexual assaults are on the rise around the uc berkeley campus. that's according to a new police report. uc campus police say 24
. >>> today's day three of oracle's world conference. now, ceo, larry ellison, will be delivering the keynote speech about cloud computing and social media. this runs through thursday. >>> they will be outside. more hot weather a's. it may even be -- ahead. it may even be hotter today. up next, steve paulson will have the forecast for your area. >>> and it's pretty slow in the south bay right now. i will give you an update on that commute. ♪ [ female announcer ] at...
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depending upon where you are, you may smell natural gas while pga vents. >>> oracle openworld's 2012 conference is happening and yesterday, larry ellison debuted new pro ducks during his speech. he will be speaking again tomorrow. they are expecting 50,000 people at the moscone center through thursday. the area around howard street may be blocked off for you drivers. so expect delays. >>> good advice for people heading in the city. >> see how people are coping in the bay bridge pop-- toll plaza. >> it keeps cycling through. this morning, on interstate 880, we also had some slowing, just a little bit farther up from the picture. here at the coliseum, it's a pretty important game for the as tonight. so be aware of that. from hayward to it union, that traffic will be huge. >> it's a huge event for the as. >> yes. >> as you know. >>> clear skies -- boy, twitter nation, especially those folks who are affected by the fog. not the best air quality today. fire danger is up and thank goodeness there is not a big wind today. a lot of 70s and 80s closer to it. just a -- just a minor, minor west
depending upon where you are, you may smell natural gas while pga vents. >>> oracle openworld's 2012 conference is happening and yesterday, larry ellison debuted new pro ducks during his speech. he will be speaking again tomorrow. they are expecting 50,000 people at the moscone center through thursday. the area around howard street may be blocked off for you drivers. so expect delays. >>> good advice for people heading in the city. >> see how people are coping in the bay...
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he helped to restructure a software company that sold itself to oracle too. that's the kind of activist cfo yahoo! needs. the fact that she picked him tells them they're going in the right direction. the plan we will hear more about when they report in two weeks, i think the stock can start marching higher. the reason is simple. the company can get aggressive about unlocking the pieces, and yahoo! has got a lot to unlock. last week goldman sachs came out with a terrific piece. i said i'm changing my mind. this is really good research where they added yahoo! to the buy list based on the sum of the parts analysis, some of the most rigorous analysis on yahoo!. let's go through the pieces. first, yahoo! owns a major stake in ali baba, like the ebay and paypal of china. the old management didn't know what to do with it. that changed back in may when mayer's predecessor interim ceo ross levinsohn worked out a deal to have ali baba buy back half of yahoo's position. this sale closed less than two weeks ago with yahoo! netting $4.2 billion in cash after taxes and fee
he helped to restructure a software company that sold itself to oracle too. that's the kind of activist cfo yahoo! needs. the fact that she picked him tells them they're going in the right direction. the plan we will hear more about when they report in two weeks, i think the stock can start marching higher. the reason is simple. the company can get aggressive about unlocking the pieces, and yahoo! has got a lot to unlock. last week goldman sachs came out with a terrific piece. i said i'm...
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oracle world will be going on today through wednesday and nearly 50,000 people are expected to attend the conference. parts of howard and taylor streets are scheduled to be closed. several muni lines are being rerouted. in other words, plan for traffic delays south of market near the center. >>> caltrans plans to shut down the san mateo bridge for two weekends next month. they will repair a cracked support beam under the roadway discovered back in 2010. the bridge is set to be closed from 10:00 in the evening to 5:00 in the morning october 19th through the 22nd and then again between the same hours from october 26th through the 29th. the dumbarton bridge is the best alternative for drivers looking to get around the bay. >>> construction crews say the 405 freeway will reopen in time for the monday morning commute despite an unplanned work stop. yesterday afternoon a chunk of the bridge fell along the freeway. no one was hurt but did stop the work for a while. the bridge is going to be destroyed to widen the 405 which is one of the busiest freeways in the country. >>> much more ahead on
oracle world will be going on today through wednesday and nearly 50,000 people are expected to attend the conference. parts of howard and taylor streets are scheduled to be closed. several muni lines are being rerouted. in other words, plan for traffic delays south of market near the center. >>> caltrans plans to shut down the san mateo bridge for two weekends next month. they will repair a cracked support beam under the roadway discovered back in 2010. the bridge is set to be closed...
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oracle getting ready to unveil the new generation of its top- selling database. the ceo, larry ellison, will be introducing the new 12-seed database designed for cloud computing this weekend. more than 50,000 will be attending the event in person. more than a million will be joining it online. >>> this would could be the only weekend when football fans actually cheer the referees. >> this is the seen an hour ago as they came out of the tunnel to a standing occasionvation. [ cheers ] >> yeah, the regular referees came back and the players last night in the ravens game, were so excited -- and the browns. ray lewis went up and shook one of their hands. ray lewis was also excited because his team won the broncos. >>> sal will return with one last check on the ice cream truck that overturned in the san ramon valley in the parking lot. [ taste buds ] donuts, donuts, donuts! who are these guys? oh, that's just my buds. bacon, donuts. -my taste buds. -[ taste buds ] waffles. how about we try this new kind of fiber one cereal? you think you're going to slip some fiber by
oracle getting ready to unveil the new generation of its top- selling database. the ceo, larry ellison, will be introducing the new 12-seed database designed for cloud computing this weekend. more than 50,000 will be attending the event in person. more than a million will be joining it online. >>> this would could be the only weekend when football fans actually cheer the referees. >> this is the seen an hour ago as they came out of the tunnel to a standing occasionvation. [...
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oracle team u.s.a. brings america's cup to everyone today. they will experience fan precious day and encountered a catamaran. america's cup itself the oldest trophy in sports is himself going to be on display. it will at the pavilion from 10:00 to 5:00 today. let's check in with lisa and see was the forecast looks like. >> lisa: above the marine layer it's a beautiful sunrise but we do have low clouds and fog and poor visibility. one spot is mountain view. hard to believe it's spare-the-air day. 50s at the coast and sunshine is on tap by mid-morning. so for pacifica the fog is so cue but you lose it altogether and we'll be in the low 60s at our coast. we are talking about a big warmup today, return to more low to mid 90s in the tri-valley, upper 70s across the bay. 82 in palo alto. we got the full moon tonight. should be nice and clear tonight with 60s and we're talking about excessive heat watch throug
oracle team u.s.a. brings america's cup to everyone today. they will experience fan precious day and encountered a catamaran. america's cup itself the oldest trophy in sports is himself going to be on display. it will at the pavilion from 10:00 to 5:00 today. let's check in with lisa and see was the forecast looks like. >> lisa: above the marine layer it's a beautiful sunrise but we do have low clouds and fog and poor visibility. one spot is mountain view. hard to believe it's...
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spending, it is oracle and cisco. the one thing confusing for me is ibm, sap, they both said business is quite strong. accenture just said these are strong. imperricly he's wrong. anecdotely he's right, imperricly he's wrong. >> not just highs but record highs in yesterday's recession. we are seeing the providers do well in today's stock market. >> i'm surprised how often it comes up when i have decision makers talking with me they are unwilling to commit additional capital as needed. we hear it from our guests, it comes up time and again. it is somewhat overstated. can it be paralyzing business to such an extent? but it is there and i think stories like today's "new york times" which indicate perhaps -- >> you mean sorkin. >> no, progress on the front page of "the new york times" perhaps that will be embraced. imagine what would happen if we dealt with the budget deficit in a meaningful way and did deal with the issues? one thinks the uncertainty cloud goes away. if it doesn't, there's something else going on. >> i w
spending, it is oracle and cisco. the one thing confusing for me is ibm, sap, they both said business is quite strong. accenture just said these are strong. imperricly he's wrong. anecdotely he's right, imperricly he's wrong. >> not just highs but record highs in yesterday's recession. we are seeing the providers do well in today's stock market. >> i'm surprised how often it comes up when i have decision makers talking with me they are unwilling to commit additional capital as...